Tow truck battle brewing in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania may settle fight over truck parking

Article Summary :

• Truckers are being towed away for parking their trucks in the once free Wal-Mart lot.
• Wal-Mart has no control over property management enforcing the laws.
• The laws are there to keep truckers from causing property damage or deterring customers.

Excerpt from article

"Norita Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association, said a shortage of parking across the U.S. is causing problems for long-haul truckers. She said statistics aren’t kept on the number of truckers towed from parking lots or the total paid in fines."

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Tow Truck Driver Turf War

Drivers bashed at gunpoint in tow truck turf war

By Francis Tapim

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says tow truck drivers have been bashed at gunpoint in an apparent turf war in Brisbane over lucrative towing contracts. TWU secretary Hughie Williams is calling for an inquiry into the industry after serious allegations by drivers of violence and standover tactics by some operators.... Link to article

Tow the car before the accident

With all the press and bad statistics about roadside work, their are beacons of light. Yes, there is actually some positive news. This page is a tow service being used to keep people off the road BEFORE they have had to much to drink. It makes perfect sense..why not tow the car before its wrecked and before anyone gets hurt.

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Car Being Towed Catches Fire On I-95

Car Being Towed Catches Fire On I-95

Tow Truck Driver Escapes Unharmed
POSTED: 9:18 am EDT April 28, 2010

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A tow truck driver escaped unharmed after the car he was towing caught fire early Wednesday morning.

The fire started about 1 a.m. along southbound Interstate 95 near Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard.

WPBF 25 News was first at the scene when firefighters were extinguishing the flames.

The tow truck driver told WPBF 25 News he was towing a car that had been involved in a fire when he saw smoke. He stopped to lower the car from his truck when it burst into flames. No One was injured

1 person hurt as train pulling safety caboose collides with tow truck in Jacksonville

1 person hurt as train pulling safety caboose collides with tow truck in Jacksonville

from the Florida Sun Times April 2010

Posted: April 8, 2010 - 1:50pm


A train engine pulling a caboose used to promote railroad crossing safety collided with a tow truck in North Jacksonville this afternoon, injuring the tow truck driver, police and fire officials said. The accident occurred about 1:15 p.m. in the 9200 block of North Main Street across from the Preferred Materials concrete plant. A tow truck from Abe's Wrecker Service was leaving a junkyard and crossing a train track when it was struck by the northbound engine and caboose, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Lt. Allen Eason. There was no crossing arm at the site, but there was a sign warning motorists about the track. Eason said the tow truck driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The man, taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital, has not been identified.The CSX engine was pulling an Operation Lifesaver caboose. Operation Lifesaver is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of railroad crossing hazards, said Gary Sease, a CSX spokesman. A message on the caboose read: Look. Listen. Live. The engine and caboose were headed to work switching trains. No one on the engine was injured and no one was in the caboose.
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